Elections Archive

GEN · West Bengal

Calcutta South

Mamata Banerjee (WBTC) won by 2,24,081 votes (26.4%).

Electors
11,78,748
Votes polled
8,77,430
Valid votes
Turnout
74.4%
NOTA
0

Margin vs 1998 national median: 26.4% (median 7.6%). Back to West Bengal · 1998 national · Target seats

Seat health

Margin band, turnout swing, NOTA, and history for campaign defence / attack reads.

Comfortable (10–20%)Party held vs 1999
Margin · 2004
12.7%(-13.8%)
Turnout
70.3%(+3.3%)
NOTA
0.0%
Top-2 squeeze
89.1%

Winning margin over time · Calcutta South

1967197119771980198419891991199619981999200427%

Candidates

Candidates · Calcutta South 1998
RankCandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Mamata BanerjeeWinnerWBTC5,03,55159.4%
2Prasanta SurCPM2,79,47032.9%
3Sougata RayINC56,7256.7%
4Partha Sarathi GhoshIND1,9370.2%
5Salik Ram ShawRJD1,4980.2%
6G JosephIND1,4970.2%
7Rina SutradharIND1,4470.2%
8Adrish BhattacharyaIND1,2360.1%
9Addy Samir KumarIND4930.1%
10Paresh Nath BanerjeeIND3400.0%

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